Chapter 9 Gully(1/3)
In Mitchell's living room, Winters changed into his ragged lumberjack suit and asked seriously: "How is it? Do you look like a refugee who fled the famine?"
Anna smiled and shook her head.
"How long hasn't you been washing this outfit?" Katherine leaned against the recliner, frowned and commented.
Mrs. Mitchell came to the living room with a crystal clear tea cup.
When Catherine saw Mrs. Mitchell coming, she immediately put away her casual posture, sat upright in a regular manner, and politely took the teacup - like a mouse seeing a big cat.
The same goes for Lieutenant Juan.
Juan took the teacup with both hands and sneered at the junior brother: "It's okay! If the refugees who fled to famine can have your body, I will clean up and flee the famine."
Senior Juan's mouth was vicious and sly, and Anna and Catherine both covered their lips and chuckled. Even Mrs. Mitchell couldn't help but smile.
Winters is neither fat nor thin. His long-term physical labor makes his body well-proportioned and strong. No matter how you look, he doesn't look like a hungry or full refugee.
"Then I pretend to be a mercenary? Guard? Bodyguard?" Winters frowned slightly: "Carman said that Revodantan's investigation is very strict. Apart from soldiers, they are victims, and other identities are easily suspected."
"You are you." Anna reminded softly.
Winters thought something.
"Yes, what else do you think?" Senior Juan taught a lesson with regret: "You are an officer, why are you pretending to be a refugee? Just wear a uniform, ride a tall horse, and enter the city openly. Who dares to doubt you?"
This method was not unused by Winters. He once walked into the Kings Castle through the main entrance in uniform.
But it is a bit dangerous to use this trick in Revodan. There are many officers coming and going in and out of the Kings Castle, and there are only a few genuine officers in Revodan, all of whom are familiar faces.
"But, then, be adaptable." Winters thought of this and stretched his eyebrows: "Then I'll take my uniform."
The Revodan Garage would not be unaware of where their military police were going.
From the moment the Wolf Town militia intercepted the military police and reconnaissance cavalry, it would be a matter of time before the eyes of Revodan.
So he had to go to Revodan as soon as possible.
The time for reunion is always short. Winters only met Anna in the morning and left again in the afternoon.
When seeing you off, Juan sighed and asked, "Do you want me to accompany you?"
"Don't worry, I've brought the guard." Winters smiled and shook his head.
"That's right." Juan snorted softly: "You are so powerful, how can you need me?"
Winters was tired of parrying: "Senior...I don't mean that."
Juan patted Winters' horse riding and said seriously: "Listen, be careful in everything. Don't capsize in the gutter and die in Revodan. I have worked so hard to find you, a living person, and I don't want to bring a body back to Hailan."
"Please rest assured."
"Get out, don't waste time."
Winters looked at Anna, Pierre, Madame Mitchell and everyone else who came to see him off...Scarlett also came, his eyes were swollen.
He nodded one by one, then gently whipped his mount and drove away.
His figure became smaller and smaller, and finally crossed a hillside and disappeared.
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For the Navare sisters, the freshness of coming to Wolf Town disappeared in less than three days - this is similar to Winters.
The vast and magnificent scenery is quickly boring, leaving only endless horizons and monotonous life day after day.
Life in the countryside is hard and busy. Women in farmers have to work like men, while underage girls also have to pick up firewood, fetch water, pull weeds, and do what they can.
The life of the owner's family is also boring, because all the employees are separated, and the women in the Mitchell family have to work like men.
So now Mitchell Manor only has two entertainment activities: one is called housework and the other is called Miss Hong.
Even in the "good times" in the past, life in Xinkendao plantations was far different from the colorful sea blue.
For the owners of Wolf Town, the only adjustment to daily life is the banquet.
In the past, various manors would take turns holding parties, food, drink, exchange gossip, and dance indulge in love.
This is also the only chance for the ladies and ladies to leave the manor besides going to church services.
At other times, the owner's wife and daughter should not leave the door and not step into the door.
But now, no one holds a banquet anymore because everyone has a hard time.
The owner of the manor who is related to Revodan has already fled from Wolf Town to join relatives and friends.
The mansions in several manors were empty, and were occupied by wild foxes and birds.
The owner of the manor who is still in Wolf Town is either because he has nowhere to go or because he has a deep attachment to the land and is unwilling to leave his hometown.
In comparison, ordinary self-cultivated farmers' families may live a little easier than the owners of the manors - but it's just a comparison.
Despite this, Ellen did not hesitate to entertain the two Miss Navare without hesitation.
But for the two spoiled ladies, it is still too rough.
"How do you get these things?" Catherine complained to her sister every night in bed: "I can't swallow it anyway. I know I'm not at home, and there is no special chef. But at least I have to sift the grass shells in the flour, right?"
Compared to Scarlett who scraped the plates clean every day, Catherine had a lot of food left in each meal.
It can be said that Miss Catherine Navare is now living entirely by the milk candy and biscuits brought from the sea blue.
Although Anna also ate very little, she always hugged her sister gently and tried to comfort her: "Mrs. Mitchell is already very good and generous. They are living a hard life now. You are a well-educated lady and should be considerate."
In fact, Miss Navare was also very uncomfortable, but she was born unwilling to complain and always endured silently.
In addition, Katherine has already shown her immaturity first, so Anna naturally enters the role of "more mature sister".
Catherine grabbed her sister's hand and said coquettishly: "I'm not blaming Mrs. Mitchell. Mrs. Mitchell is very good. Hailan can't find a few ladies with more aura than her. But... you know, you just can't swallow it."
"Hone up."
"By the way, there is the little girl from Mitchell's house." Catherine changed her words at the last moment, because Anna now strictly prohibits her sister from talking about the words "Little Slutty Hoof" and "Little Bitch": "Every meal is almost eaten up, and she doesn't understand the etiquette of a lady at all. How can an unmarried lady eat up all the food on the plate? That is the privilege of a married lady!"
Anna's cheek was pressed against her sister's shoulder: "I think Ms. Michelle is very casual, very real and not artificial, very good."
Hearing this, Catherine pushed her sister away angrily: "You go, don't hold me, go find that little slut to be your sister!"
"Okay! Don't say small—this word." Anna had to take out her sister's airs: "And you are not much older than others?"
Although Catherine always puts [little] on Scarlett's head, she is actually only one year older than Scarlett.
Catherine was sixteen, Scarlett was fifteen, and Anna was four months away from being nineteen.
In Hailan, the ladies became hostesses at the age of sixteen, but Miss Navare was about to step into the ranks of old girls.
Rumors spread quietly in the living room, banquet hall and small garden, and Madame Navare's old rivals - also ladies - were all waiting happily for the jokes.
This is also the reason why Mrs. Navare sighed every day and had no insomnia every night for two years, and hated the Serbiati boy so much that her teeth itched.
"Mr. M has gone very well and rode his horse to the city and threw us both here." Catherine pointed the finger at the man again.
She bit her sister's finger and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't eat well. The bed is as hard as a stone, and I can hold on to it if I sleep. But it's so boring here, it's even more boring than a monastery. I'm going to suffocate me to death. Today I count the leaves on the big tree outside and count for a day."
Now even Anna had nothing to say, she sighed softly because she was the same.
Compared to material deprivation, spiritual emptiness is more unbearable.
Of course, Mrs. Mitchell would not let the two "Ms. Sea Blue" go to the field to do farm work, nor would they arrange for customers to do housework.
In this case, Anna and Catherine stayed at Mitchell Manor with little to do, while the others were all busy.
Scarlett has to go out to herd cattle and sheep every day, and also to cut grass for the horse.
Now there is no fine ingredients for horses to eat, so they can only exercise less, and try to feed them water and boil hay as much as possible - because they are not fully adapted to the coarse ingredients.
Catherine was curious but unwilling to give in, so she followed Scarlett for a day.
When she came back that night, Ms. Navare collapsed on the bed and said the next day that she refused to get out of bed.
In order to spare time, Anna tried to learn embroidery from Mrs. Mitchell.
At the end of the day, Anna's fingers were covered with blood. Even Ellen couldn't bear to let her continue learning, but she still insisted.
As for Catherine? Since childhood, she has everything her sister has, and Catherine wants, so she naturally has to learn embroidery.
But after being pierced twice, Catherine started to play tricks. She still held the needle and thread basket and circled around her sister, not using the needle, but just chatted and distracted her sister from her attention.
Watching the performance of the Navare sisters, the word "Ms. Sea Blue" is quickly changing from "a beautiful lady from a famous family" to "a look of nothing" in the mouth of the only remaining maid in Mitchell's family.
Female red is a compulsory course for all ladies, no matter how respected the status, even the women of Dukes, Marquis and nobles need to learn it.
However, Mrs. Navare never forces her daughter to learn needlework because she has higher expectations for her daughters.
When she arrived at Mrs. Mitchell, Anna started to "make up lessons" again.
Compared to the Navare sisters who can't even get out of the manor, Don Juan's life is quite comfortable.
After all, he is a man, so it is very convenient to go anywhere.
So most of the time, Lieutenant Juan stayed in the military camp. He was so idle that he took his men out to hunt.
Xinkenland has vast forests and abundant natural resources. Don Juan has only a few opportunities to hunt in Venetta every year, so he has enjoyed his time in Xinkenland.
Rabbit, deer, yellow sheep, horned deer... Lieutenant Juan's prey was getting bigger and bigger. He had just arrived in Wolf Town for a few days and had already started thinking about hunting bears.
To be continued...